However, its bigger footprint makes it stick better on hard snow, making it finer on this terrain. The Cooper A/T3-XLT has narrow grooves but a larger footprint which makes it perform well on light snow by encouraging it to push through the snow.īut when it comes to heavy snow, it cannot perform that well, because grooves are not wide enough. Nevertheless, both of these tires can provide some grip on the snow. How these tires performed on snow?įor a tire to perform well on snow, winter rating is a necessity, which means the material of the tire should remain flexible even at low temperatures to provide satisfactory grip.īoth the Cooper A/T3-XLT and Trek don’t possess the compound material to provide high-grade snow traction, because their compound is temperature-sensitive. What’s more, the Trek can even beat extreme muddy tracks, unlike the A/T3-XLT, because of its larger grooves that give it a substantial back-flushing ability to remove the mud from its treads. However, the A/T3-XLT cannot move across extreme muddy tracks easily, because its narrow grooves lack the self-cleaning ability to tackle deep mud terrains.Ĭonversely, the Cooper Rugged Trek has even larger grooves in a zig-zag pattern and large shoulder scoops and lugs (called the earth digger technology) that allow it to dig deep into the mud and excavate the mud in its pathway effectively to move across it effortlessly. Thanks to these features, the A/T3-XLT can plunge the mud that comes in its path and move across it smoothly and steadily. The Cooper A/T3-XLT has 3 narrow but deep circumferential grooves and some lateral grooves in its tread design that works alongside the maximized full depth micro-gauge sipes and rugged shoulders to ensure a noble grip on muddy tracks. The main determinant that decides the performance of the tire on most of the off-road terrains are grooves and sipes of the tire, while a better footprint is required to ensure competent traction on some terrains. Off-roading requires a tire that is not only agile and sturdy but also flexible and tensile. It continues to give a good performance even when the weather conditions are extreme, unlike the A/T3-XLT. Therefore, the Trek can perform better than the A/T3-XLT on-road in wet conditions. The tables are turned in the domain of wet surfaces, the Trek has bigger grooves and larger sipes in the tread design that yields exceptional water evacuating ability on wet surfaces. Therefore, it has a smaller footprint to stick to the ground and establishes a lighter grip.Īs a result, the Trek doesn’t perform as well as the A/T3-XLT on dry surfaces. It features a symmetrical tread pattern that imparts a little bit less surface area than the A/T3-XLT. On the other hand, the Cooper Rugged Trek is composed of an advanced silica compound that helps it sustain a safe grip on the road. However, it cannot beat extreme weather conditions because the grooves are not large enough to avoid hydroplaning in those conditions. Moving to on-road wet traction, the A/T3-XLT provides a stable grip on wet surfaces, owning to its circumferential grooves and a considerable amount of omni-direction micro-gauge sipes in the tread blocks that enable it to accommodate water in its treads and avoid hydroplaning. Therefore, it experiences a stronger grip.īesides that, its wide shoulders add to its on-road handling. Its tread pattern constitutes a big surface area to make contact with the surface of the road and provides a valid grip by increasing the rolling resistance of the tire. The Cooper A/T3-XLT offers promising on-road traction in dry conditions due to its next-generation silica compound that gives it a considerable grip on the road. So, it executes a better grip on wet surfaces and off-road tracks than the A/T3-XLT. It has a broader tread design with larger gaps between the tread blocks and triangular sipes, which grants it a better self-cleaning ability. While the Cooper Rugged Trek is also an all-season all-terrain tire, with the difference that its tread design is more aggressive and well-optimized for off-roading. Even so, these grooves fall victim to hydroplaning in extreme weather conditions. The reason behind this is its compact tread design with relatively small incisions in its tread that give it an enormous surface area to grip the road, making its on-road traction superior.įurthermore, it has a decent number of grooves and a considerable quantity of sipes on the tread block that stipulates optimum wet traction. Cooper A/T3-XLT can perform better on highways and dry roads than the Rugged Trek.
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